Donald M. Payne: close bilateral relations shared by the united states and the united kings dom, i strongly support this resolution and urge my colleagues to join me in supporting it. mr. speaker, i reserve

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. mr. speaker, while the positive relationships enjoyed by the united states

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: and great britain, it's certainly historic and enduring and merits recognition and it merits nurturing. we should also be focusing our time and debating policies to address the rising energy costs

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: that are facing our nation. nevertheless, we have this resolution before us marking the 225th anniversary of the treaty of paris of 1783 between the united states and the united kingdom. and

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: the great british prime minister winston churchill was the first to refer to the alliance between the united states and united kingdom as a special relationship in a speech he delivered in

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: 1946. he was right to use that term. the american-british relationship is indeed special with its foundation lying in the common values of freedom, democracy and human rights. our mutual commitments

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: to those principles have led the united states and great britain to stand side by side on the beaches of normandy, at the berlin wall, in the mountains of afghanistan and in those parts of iraq

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: where the challenges today are greatest. the murderous terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001, in america, and on july 7, 2005 in britain, have bound america and britain even closer together

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: in our determination to defeat extremism. during his recent visit to the united states, british prime minister gordon brown reaffirmed our strong relationship saying, i continue to stand shoulder to

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: shoulder with the united states in the fight where freedom and justice are at risk. by adopting the resolution before us, mr. speaker, we will again recognize the history of our special relationship

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: with britain, a relationship that ironically began with the revolution of one against the other. but came into its full strength because of the values and the ideals that our two people have

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: continued to share. now, 225 years after the treaty of peace in which britain recognized the independence of the united states of america, that alliance between our two countries takes its

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: guidance from the speech in 1946 in which mr. churchill noted our special relationship. and here is what he said then. if there is to be a fraternal association with all the extra strength

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: and security, which both our countries can derive from it, let us make sure that that great fact is known to the world and that it plays its part in steadying and stabilizing the foundations

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: of peace for there is the path of wisdom. i encourage my colleagues to join in supporting this resolution, which follows mr. churchill's advice and lets the world knows that the united states and the

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: united kingdom indeed have a strong and continuing relationship. i am not sure what winston churchill would say about the high energy cost, but i'm sure su he wouldave a detailed plan on bringing

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: our gas down. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. pain payne mr. speaker, i yield as much time as he may consume the author of this resolution,

David Wu: mr. david wu of oregon, chairman of the subcommittee on science and technology. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. wu: thank